National Protestant editor attacked as debate over war taxes grows
The column reviews WWI era debates in Iowa and national issues. It cites Tr. W. Bunker’s assault, tax disputes linked to the tobacco trust, Ro osevelts Iowa visit, party contrasts, school trophies, booster spirit, and a humane French hospital burial of a German soldier, praising cross confessional care.
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Tr. W. Bunker
National Protestant
Sioux City
Clarke
Iowa
United States
France
Germany
Mexico
Turkey
Japan
Wilson
MD Press
Feisty wartime musings on finance and politics mix with old prices
The column critiques Sears Roebuck founder Richard Sears and wealth concentration, hints at local industry bias, previews Billy Sunday in Des Moines, and lampoons foreign diplomats while recalling Civil War era grain prices. It reflects partisan banter, economic worry, and period sentiment on public figures.
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Richard W. Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Wisconsin
The
Arrow
Rolfe
Quotations and Aphorisms on Virtue and Wealth
A fragmented selection of maxims and sayings on American industry, wealth, effort, and virtue. It critiques promises versus actions, notes taxes on the rich and burdens on the poor, and muses on readiness, speech, and the war effort with scattered, archaic phrasing.
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J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter Family
Marion Bruce
Official
Villa
States
Europe
Tobacco Trust
F. C. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Laurens
Mr. Gilchrist
Fonda
Garely
Sherman
W. P. McIntire & Son
Rolfe, Iowa
Billy
Des Moines
America
W.C
Shull Geo. Zickrick, Mgr
John Deere
Sayless
W. S. McEwen
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
Ass’t
D. D. McEwen
Board OF Directors
Wd. B Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
Joseph
McEwen
the State Savings Bank
the Updike Grain Co
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